by ATHENA | Mar 26, 2026 | News
Expanded European Tech Champions Initiative offers growth finance for European innovators and new platform for private sector participation. Powered up Defence Equity Facility to nurture Europe’s security and defence venture capital ecosystem. EIB and EIF Boards also...
by ATHENA | Mar 26, 2026 | News
The European Research Council (ERC) has issued a white paper urging stronger, coordinated action to close Europe’s persistent research performance gap. The report focuses on ‘Widening Countries’. Although these countries account for about 25% of the EU’s...
by ATHENA | Mar 26, 2026 | News
As part of the European project ‘Science Comes to Town’, the third edition of EU TalentOn under the WIDERA programme part of Horizon Europe is being prepared by the European Commission. During this five-day scientific contest, a group of selected...
by ATHENA | Mar 26, 2026 | News
Open Research Europe (ORE) is the European Commission’s open access publishing platform for research funded by all EU programmes. Launched in 2021 to promote innovative, no-fee open access publishing, the platform is now preparing to enter a new phase....
by ATHENA | Mar 25, 2026 | News
Member States have successfully reprogrammed €34.6 billion in their 2021-2027 cohesion policy funds towards the EU’s most urgent strategic priorities. These include boosting competitiveness, enhancing defence and civil preparedness, promoting affordable and...
by ATHENA | Mar 25, 2026 | News
The ERC Scientific Council has adopted new guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence in the evaluation of grant proposals. The guidelines aim to safeguard the integrity of peer review while allowing limited use of AI where it does not compromise responsibility...
